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Alex Hughes (illustration by Melissa Pappas)
Honors + Awards

2021 CAREER Award recipient: Alex Hughes

The National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award is given to early-career researchers in order to kickstart their careers in innovative and pivotal research while giving back … Read More ›

Posted on June 8, 2021June 18, 2021
A simulation of a predicted nanocrystal structure next to a microscope image of a real nanocrystal
Research + Innovation

A Blueprint for Designing and Synthesizing New, Multifunctional Materials

Nanocrystals are a type of inorganic nanoparticle, defined as any material with at least one dimension smaller than 100 nanometers. While nanocrystals have been used to … Read More ›

Posted on June 7, 2021
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineers’ Nanoscale Studies Pave Way for ‘Next-generation’ Li-ion Batteries

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering smartphones, tablets, laptops and, increasingly, electric vehicles. Making these batteries lighter, smaller, cheaper and able to charge faster, all … Read More ›

Posted on June 3, 2021June 4, 2021
Students

Celebrating Penn Engineering’s 2021 Graduates

Penn Engineering’s Class of 2021 Celebrations took place virtually on Thursday, May 13 and Friday, May 14. Both Thursday’s Doctoral ceremony and Friday’s undergraduate and … Read More ›

Posted on June 2, 2021
Collage of students who participated in the "I Look Like an Engineer" campaign.
Students

‘I Look Like an Engineer’

Penn Engineering’s Advancing Women in Engineering (AWE) program, dedicated to recruiting, retaining and promoting all female-identified students in the School, participated in the “I Look … Read More ›

Posted on May 28, 2021May 29, 2021
Illustration and electron microscope image of the researchers' FE-FET device.
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineers Pave Way for Chip Components that Could Serve as Both RAM and ROM

Year after year, the explosive growth of computing power relies on manufacturers’ ability to fit more and more components into the same amount of space … Read More ›

Posted on May 27, 2021
Vijay Kumar
Academics

Vijay Kumar Reappointed Dean of Penn Engineering

Vijay Kumar has been reappointed as the Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His term will run through … Read More ›

Posted on May 26, 2021
Research + Innovation

Helping Robots Collaborate to Get the Job Done

Roboticists in Engineering’s GRASP Lab have developed a wide variety of flying, rolling, walking and crawling machines and a constantly improving their ability to autonomously … Read More ›

Posted on May 26, 2021
Screenshot from virtual BETA Day
Students

Bioengineering Graduate Students Take the Annual BETA Day Online

Every spring, the Graduate Association of Bioengineers (GABE) at Penn partners up with iPraxis, an educational non-profit organization based in Philadelphia, to organize BETA Day, an event that brings … Read More ›

Posted on May 25, 2021
Ocek Eke
Honors + Awards

Ocek Eke Among Inaugural ‘Projects for Progress’ Prize Recipients

The University announced Friday its inaugural Projects for Progress prize recipients, which include three teams of Penn students, faculty, and staff. The teams, awarded up to $100,000 each … Read More ›

Posted on May 20, 2021May 25, 2021

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